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Social Security May Payments Include Two SSI Checks Due to Calendar Adjustment

The May 2025 payment schedule features staggered Social Security disbursements and two SSI checks, one for May and an early payment for June.

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Stock image/file photo: A Social Security card with U.S. Dollars.
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility.
An American flag flutters in the wind next to signage for a Social Security Administration office in Burbank, California on October 25, 2012.

Overview

  • Approximately 70 million Americans will receive Social Security benefits in May, distributed based on birth dates and benefit start dates.
  • SSI recipients will receive two payments in May: one on May 1 for May benefits and another on May 30 as an early payment for June, due to June 1 falling on a weekend.
  • Social Security retirement, survivor, and disability payments will be issued in three waves on May 14, 21, and 28, depending on recipients’ birth dates.
  • Benefit amounts for 2025 range from a maximum of $967 for individual SSI recipients to $5,108 for retirees delaying benefits until age 70.
  • The average Social Security retirement benefit as of January 2025 is $1,976, with payments funded through payroll taxes and adjusted annually for inflation.